out of spirits

I waited about until it was noon, and I went upon ’Change, and I saw fluey men sitting there under the bills about shipping, whom I took to be great merchants, though I couldn’t understand why they should all be out of spirits.

Lady Catherine observed, after dinner, that Miss Bennet seemed out of spirits, and immediately accounting for it herself, by supposing that she did not like to go home again so soon, she added:

“You seem out of spirits today, Lady Kaltain.”

Vincent doesn’t confide his heartbreak to anyone, but he hints at his sadness to Theo, couching it in advice that Pa gave to him and he is now passing along: “Theo, I must again recommend that you start smoking a pipe. It does you a lot of good when you’re out of spirits, as I quite often am nowadays.”

“Consumers are sort of tired of the endless branding that comes out of spirits companies,” Mr. Spoelman said.